Training and Consulting﻿﻿﻿

Debra works in focused engagements with a range of philanthropy, nonprofits and social enterprises. She designs her work based on client needs, yet always with an eye toward improving results for the target populations.

Debra is currently engaged with a range of clients including strategic partnership with a large foundation to develop shared outcomes, a collective impact education initiative, a small-town library, a civics education program and a domestic violence agency.

In her decade of running The Center for What Works, she gained experience in areas from early childhood cohorts to food systems, rural development to affordable housing, performing arts to advocacy.

She works using a systems approach and has a solid understanding of how to connect dots from strategy to implementation, to efficiently and effectively find solutions.